AMD Athlon XP 1600+ vs AMD Sempron 2200+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon XP 1600+ and AMD Sempron 2200+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon XP 1600+

AMD Sempron 2200+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 1600+

Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 62 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt vs 62 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 2200+

Around 7% higher clock speed: 1.5 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 279 vs 265
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 184 vs 174

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	1.5 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	279 vs 265
PassMark - CPU mark	184 vs 174

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon XP 1600+
CPU 2: AMD Sempron 2200+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

265

279

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

174

184

Name	AMD Athlon XP 1600+	AMD Sempron 2200+
PassMark - Single thread mark	265	279
PassMark - CPU mark	174	184

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon XP 1600+	AMD Sempron 2200+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Thoroughbred	Barton
Launch date	January 2001	January 2001
Place in performance rating	3262	3257
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$30
Price now		$29.99
Value for money (0-100)		2.76
Performance
Die size	80 mm	101 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB	256 KB
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Maximum frequency	1.4 GHz	1.5 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	37 million	63 million
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	A	A
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt	62 Watt